
Robbie Conal
Streetwise: 35 Years of Politically Charged Guerrilla Art
G. James Daichendt(Author)
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Published on 28. April 2020
Book
Hardback
208 pages
978-0-7643-5908-8 (ISBN)
Description
The politically charged art of Robbie Conal is gnarled, gut retching, and emotionally laden. Featuring every image in Robbie Conal's storied poster campaigns, this is the definitive history of "America's foremost street artist" (Washington Post). A foreword by Shepard Fairey, American contemporary street artist, graphic designer, and activist, sets the scene. Conal's satirical posters of political figures are given richer context as his life story is insightfully joined with art criticism by expert Daichendt. Today honored by museums and arts organizations around the world, Conal hit high speed during the Reagan administration in 1986, when he began turning his grotesque portraits into street posters. We see Conal's life come together at a critical moment to attack issues of censorship, war, social injustice, and the environment.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Atglen
United States
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Illustrations
187 color & b/w images
Dimensions
Height: 282 mm
Width: 218 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
1293 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7643-5908-8 (9780764359088)
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Persons
G. James Daichendt, EdD (Carlsbad, CA), is professor of art history at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego. He is the author of several books and an art critic and journalist for Artbound on the nation's largest public television station, KCET.